SURPRISED IF YOU SEE A TWO DOLLAR BILL IN YOUR WALLET THIS WEEK! AS ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER LAURA THOREN TELLS US, ONE ALBUQUERQUE PHARMACY IS RECRUITING PRESIDENT JEFFERSON TO HELP GET CUSTOMERS TO SHOP LOCAL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. CASH REGISTER OPENING "TWO" DOLLAR BILLS AREN'T SOMETHING YOU SEE "TOO" OFTEN. BUT IF YOU SHOP AT DURAN CENTRAL PHARMACY IN THE COMING DAYS, we're trying to promote shopping local. YOU'LL LIKELY BE HANDED ONE OF THESE NICE, CRISP, UNCOMMON NOTES. I love 2 dollar bills. Never get em! It's like special treat. I had to order them. OWNER MONA GHATTAS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA AS A WAY TO REMIND CUSTOMERS TO BUY THEIR HOLIDAY GIFTS - THROUGH LOCAL, SMALL BUSINESSES - THIS SEASON. I thought, well we'll send em out with 2 dollar bills and people will notice that. ghattas says there are some disadvantages when it comes to being a small business as far as bulk, and pricing and advertising... But there are some good things about being a small business too! a lot of it is just the unique things you can find at a small business. santa fe lavender, los pablanos lavender. SPEAKING OF GIFTS... GHATTIS IS GIVING EACH OF HER 32 EMPLOYEES ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF 2-DOLLAR BILLS WITH ONE CONDITION: THEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT AT LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS. SOT this is the perfect opportunity to get a lot of my xmas shopping done. AND THANKS TO HER BOSS, SHE WON'T NEED TO GO VERY FAR. IN ALBUQUERQUE LAURA THOREN KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. DURAN CENTRAL PHARMACY EMPLOYEES ARE BEING ASKED TO KEEP TRACK OF WHERE THEY SHOP AND WHAT THEY BUY, TO HELP MAKE SURE THE 2-DOLLAR BILLS ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT ALBUQUERQUE.

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